A classmate asks Caroline about evidence that seemed questionable in her persuasive speech

Caroline evades the issue by quickly bringing up an irrelevant fact about another point in her
speech. What sort of logical fallacy does this illustrate?

A) non sequitur B) appeal to misplaced authority
C) red herring D) causal fallacy

C

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Alyssa gave a speech discussing the progress of the four major non-revenue sports at her school:

track, women's basketball, swimming, and soccer. Her organizational pattern for these main ideas was ________. Fill in the blanks with correct word

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_______ theory is centered on comparisons between constructive and less constructive work teams

a) Participative managemen b) Theory X–Theory Y c) Hawthorne effect d) Principles of coordination

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